UBUNTU C ++ compiler does not find header files

Question

I am trying to compile a basic C ++ program with three files: main.cpp, file.h and file.cpp.

When I put c++ -pthread *.cpp

it it gives me an error message;

fatal error: file.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

main.cpp and file.cpp have #include "file.h"

+3

Alex 19 jan. 13 at 17:19

1 answer

JoseLSegura · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-19T23:43:54+0000

g++ -I. *.cpp

This tells the compiler that it finds the header files in the current directory, not just the default directories (/ usr / include and / include).

I suggest you use GNU Make to compile this trivial example. Standard rules will work for you.

make file.cpp main.cpp

Perhaps if you have the same problem (.h file not found) you can set CXXFLAGS = -I.